Cedric was born in the
year 2001 his brother Brendan in 2003. This site is dedicated to them and
their eventual descendants.

Skelton

Blazon
of Arms:Two Blazons of Arms are
associated with the Skelton's of Armathwaite: first

Vert,
a fess between three fleurs-de-lis Or;

and
also

Azure,
on a fess between three fleurs-de-lis Or, a Cornish chough Sable, beaked
and legged Gules.

Crest: A
peahen's head erased Sable, in the beak an acorn Or, stalked and leaved
Vert..

Mottos: None
inscribed.

Skelton's of Armathwaite

(Cumberland) Cumbria, England

Philip, from whom this family
is descended, was Lord of Armathwaite Castle and served as a Col. in the army of William III
in 1689. Immediately following the sale of Armathwaite by Richard Skelton
in 1712, one of Philip's other son's, Thomas initiated in 1713 the emigration
of his immediate family to Armagh in Ireland. Three
generations later during the 1840's, the Skeltons of Ireland uprooted
again, this time emigrating to the United States, New Zealand, and to
Canada. James Welsh Skelton, the eldest of the brothers set for
Toronto in 1848 but finally settled in Montreal, Canada where his wife's
family had established themselves.

The Skelton's The forebears of Philip
Skelton are of a distinguished family with several persons of note.

John Skelton, was poet laureate
to Henry VIII and was "renowned amongst men for his poetry and
philosophy. Taking holy orders, he was made rector of Diss, in Norfolk,
where he was esteemed far fitter for the stage than the pulpit." For
his satires on cardinal Wolsey, he was obliged to fly for sanctuary to the
Abbey of Westminster, and died there in 1529.

Armathwaite Castle

Armathwaite is a village on
the west bank of the river Eden, situated two miles Northeast of High
Hesket, in Hesket township. Armathwaite Castle stands on the bank of the
river Eden. The current castle is erected upon the site of an
ancient fortress which was originally erected shortly after the Norman
invasion of 1066 by Norman Ranulph de Meschines. Armathwaite was secured
as the seat of the Skelton family during the reign of Edward I, circa 1300, and remained so for over 400
years.

In 1712 Richard Skelton sold
the estate to William Sanderson, from whom it passed to William Henry
Milbourne, and afterwards to Robert Sanderson Milbourne, and after his
death, in 1822, was held under trustees until 1846, when it was purchased
by the earl of Lonsdale, the current lord of the manor.

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I
would appreciate information from anyone who can either provide or
direct me to where I may obtain a copy of the Skelton coat of arms
which I may use for display on this web page. (contact Allan Chinn)